Australia: smoker status of young people 2021

According to the National Health Survey conducted during the 2021 financial year in Australia, the vast majority of young Australians between the ages of 15 and 17 years had never smoked. Approximately eight percent of young Australians aged 18 to 24 years old smoked on a daily basis.

Smoker status of young people aged 15 to 24 years old in Australia in financial year 2021

Characteristic	15-17 years old	18-24 years old
Current smoker(a) Daily	1.4%	8.3%
Total current smoker(b)	2.1%	10.6%
Ex-smoker(c)	1.9%	6%
Never smoked(c)	97%	83.3%

Loading statistic...

Download

Source

Show detailed source information?

Already a member?

Source

Use Ask Statista Research Service

Release date

March 2021

More information

Region

Australia

Survey time period

August 2020 to June 2021

Number of respondents

11,110 households

Age group

15-24 years old

Special properties

Australia's financial year runs from July 1 to June 30 of the stated year; for example, financial year 2021 starts on July 1, 2020 and ends on June 30, 2021

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Notes from source:
(a) Current smoker data has been sourced from the Microdata: Smoker Status dataset.
(b) Includes current smoker weekly (at least once a week, but not daily) and current smoker less than weekly.
(c) These estimates have been sourced from NHS 2020-21.
Components may not sum to total due to different data sources.

Citation formats